18 years of kids and dogs have taken it's toll, time to re decorate top to bottom.
First, any tips for glossing around a carpeted section? The stairs and landing are the only carpeted spot and I'm not taking it up.
Gloss paint, what's good? I've got every room to do.
Bare wood, primer or primer/undercoat?
Ta.
PS expect my later posts to be more offensive as the day wears on.
get a man in......... 8)
get a painter to do the hard bits with carpet - should be cheapish given the building trade situation. Dont think you will be accurate enough - JUNKYARD you idiot 😳
agree with Ton- pay someone. It'll be the best money you'll ever spend.
My dad just took out all the old skirting boards and replaced them with new ones, and just varnished the wood, looks cool, and he didn't have to paint them 😆
ton...never, far too fussy and seen far to many **** jobs.
It's masking tape, and remove before it dries isn't it?
My dad just took out all the old skirting boards and replaced them with new ones, and just varnished the wood, looks cool, and he didn't have to paint them
I've replaced all the skirting. the stairs have a timber case??? that can't be removed. Oh well carefully and with white spirit to hand I guess.
get a tool, thin blade with handle (rectangle, 6" high, foot long, handle in middle), goes between carpet and skirting, lever carpet away, paint skirting (and back of blade)
(like a plastering trowel but bigger and thinner)
my dad used an old coal shovel with the blade straightened....
1) Get a man in.
2) Go on holiday.
Gloss, use a solvent based as water based is rubbish.
Preparation is everything, sand lumps fill holes prime wood to get best gloss results. Use a combined primer undercoat if indoors. Remember to treat the knots with knotting solution
To do the carpet bits you need some thick masking tape and a scraper. Stick it on the carpet and use the scraper to push it down into the gap between the skirting and carpet. Then paint very carefully.
This is exactly what my deocrator did and he was fantastic. We went out for the weekend in the sunshine and really enjoyed it. We started ourselves but a decorator did it so much quicker and better than we could.
We paid around 400 per room but they are big, complicated (victorian features) and in a dire need of some TLC.
In terms of paint - I would recommend Dulux (Trade) because I work for the parent company. There is plenty of advice on the website. IF you don't want to redecorate again for a while consider the diamond/endurance range as you really can scrub it clean so it will last much longer looking better.
Cheers.
Just one more cuppa, then it's time to crack on.
Thankfully when I restored this old house from a shell all those years back, I thought about this day.
Next big job is facias & soffits replace or cover?. then paint the whole exterior a new colour.
Following on from Jonb.... The 6 Ps is the key = piss poor preparation leads to piss poor performance.
If its gloss paint track down some now illegal old fashioned oil based stuff as it works better than the eco friendly modern paints. Obviously you'll be killing dolphins with every stroke of the brush.
Good mornings work....sokay when you get going.
replace soffits.
never cover something that may have damp/rot in it.
I did the MIL's hall stairs & landing and made a smashing job of it.
The Dulux Decorator Centre is your best buddy. A great shop where they sell everything you need.
Carpets - I bought a dust cloth that is stair width. Perfect for everything, and the fact you have to be a bit careful is quite a good thing. Around the skirtings I just used one of those window paint guards to press the carpet down with one hand and paint with the other.
Preparation - a spray bottle of sugar soap for the walls and those sandpaper sponges for the rest.
Undercoating - only if you feel you need to. Spot priming where it's bare for me and keying with a sanding sponge for the rest mostly.
Brushes - Get a set of Purdy brushes. Ooh they make it a pleasure and really easy to clean too. My set is about 20 yrs old now and still going strong. Get a Purdy brush comb as well.
Paint - Always Dulux Trade. Oil based gloss mostly, but the Diamond stuff is supposed to be good if it's in an area that takes knocks. I use White instead of Pure Brilliant White. If you find a bit of original woodwork in good nick and don't need to paint it, it blends in better! Satin is better if your woodwork is a bit ropey (our house is 170 years old, so some of the woodwork's a bit ropey).
Walls - Dulux Trade again. Big roller for main areas, tiny roller for tricky bits, 1" Purdy brush for edges.
Screwdriver - for taking off light switches and door handles to paint/paper under.
Get the father in law to do it while you're at work. Nothing else to do if he's retired 😉
Be careful not to tip a whole tin of white gloss paint over the only tiny 6" square uncovered patch of almost new navy blue carpet when the rest of the carpet is carefully covered with sheets. 😳
Still gives me nightmares. Got all the paint off though, thank God.
I know the feeling, you've covered up everything as you've gone along and not spilt a drop. And it's just that last bit....that doesn't quite warrant getting off the ladders and moving them closer.
Oh well it was easier painting the rest with the carpet in the skip 😳
That wasn't today BTW.
Oh, and vacuum really hard around the skirting/carpet interface before you start to paint.
Haven't read any replies except OP thread my tip:
DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
No it's ok love, he's a bloke, so can quite easily cope with a bit of DIY.... 😉
Gloss, use a solvent based as water based is rubbish.
+1.
And don't use gloss, use a satin sheen finish. Gloss looks crap.
Prep, prep & prep.
Mask, mask & mask.
Aldi did some really good dust sheets, I bought a couple. Better than faffing around with polythene etc.
Decent quality kit, brushes especially. If you're painting a flatish surface a simulated mohair roller is better than a brush. Walls & ceilings & 12" min roller & tray. Cling film up the roller sleeves overnight. I lashed up a threaded bar for cleaning roller sleeves. Mount in a drill & spin round in a bucket of water, then again to dry.
And the £25 you pay a fitter to put the carpet back-down will be money well spent in terms of the messing about masking up, so fetch it up.